A Woman First: First Woman: A Memoir by Selina Meyer

(No Spoilers Ahead)

 What does it say about me that the first book I finish in a new year (a new decade!) is a satire?  I hope it means that I will continue to find the humor in life.  A Woman First: First Woman is authored by Selina Meyer.  What else has she written, you ask? Nothing.  Because she is a television character.

Before you go pick this up because you think it is some female empowerment book written by some up and coming new power figure in the always ongoing women's lib movement - you should know that Selina Meyer is the fictional character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (yes, that is why that person on the cover looks familiar) on an HBO show called VEEP.  The show ran for seven seasons ending in 2019 and it's hilarious.  Go watch it.

 But - and this is a big but - if you have never watched the show, do not pick up this book!  You will find it ridiculous. You will wonder how it ever got published. It is wordy and rambling and confusing if you have no context.  If you did watch the show, I think the ONLY way to read this is using an audio book.  It is narrated by "Selina" with help from Gary (Selina's hilarious assistant on the show).  The banter between the two, the rambling, the one chapter bathroom break that Selina goes on leaving Gary to read an embarrassing chapter detailing part of Selina's sex life.... it's pretty freaking hilarious.

 Overall, it was a funny book to listen to.  The audiobook was 6 hours long. I think it could have been shortened to 3 hours and been even better.  Because really, no one really cares about this fictional life of this fictional character.... especially not to the minutiae that this went in to. But it was nice to hear from Selina and Gary again - for those of you that are missing them since the show ended.

Rating:: ⭐⭐⭐½

  Note: I realize that this being my FIRST book post on this blog that is supposed to NOT be reviews and instead be a "diary" with spoilers, that this post reads exactly like a review and does not contain any spoilers.  I see the irony here.  I can't help it. The first book I read this year was this silly thing.  Technically I was reading it last year and tried really hard to finish it last year but I couldn't seem to make people stop talking to me long enough to get through it.  So, it is what it is. Get over it. It's MY diary anyway.

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